What years did Skip Schumaker play?

Skip Schumaker played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2015.

Was Skip Schumaker a pitcher?

No. Skip Schumaker was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 4 career games.

How many home runs did Skip Schumaker hit?

Skip Schumaker hit 28 career home runs with 905 hits.

What was Skip Schumaker's career batting average?

Skip Schumaker batted .278 over his career, with 905 hits in 3,252 at bats.

How many RBI did Skip Schumaker have?

Skip Schumaker drove in 284 runs in his career.

What was Skip Schumaker's career ERA?

Skip Schumaker finished with a 4.50 career ERA, going 0-0 with 3 strikeouts.

Skip Schumaker

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2005-2015)

Skip Schumaker was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2015 for the St. Louis Cardinals, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Cincinnati Reds, a span of 11 seasons. In 1,149 career games, he hit .278 with 905 hits, 28 home runs, and 284 RBI.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .278

HR 28

RBI 284

H 905

OPS .701

PIV -1,621

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 185 lb
Born: 2/3/1980 in Torrance, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2005-06-08
Last Game: 2015-10-04

Full name: Jared Michael Schumaker

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Career Batting Statistics

Skip Schumaker — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,149	3,252	416	905	169	13	28	284	26	280	476	.278	.337	.364	.701	-1,621

Career AVG .278 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — +7.2% above league average.

Career OBP .337 vs. league average .326 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .364 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 11.1% below league average.

Career OPS .701 vs. league average .735 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Skip Schumaker Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2005	SLN	NL	27	24	9	6	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	SLN	NL	28	54	3	10	1	0	1	2	2	5	6	.185	.269 (-31%)	.336 (-24%)	.431 (-40%)	.768 (-33%)	-295.6
2007	SLN	NL	88	177	19	59	12	2	2	19	1	8	20	.333	.268 (+24%)	.335 (+7%)	.422 (+8%)	.758 (+8%)	215.4
2008	SLN	NL	153	540	87	163	22	5	8	46	8	47	60	.302	.263 (+14%)	.333 (+8%)	.416 (-3%)	.749 (+2%)	335.6
2009	SLN	NL	153	532	85	161	34	1	4	35	2	52	69	.303	.262 (+15%)	.332 (+9%)	.417 (-6%)	.750 (+1%)	231.2
2010	SLN	NL	137	476	66	126	18	1	5	42	5	43	64	.265	.257 (+3%)	.325 (+1%)	.402 (-16%)	.728 (-8%)	-567.4
2011	SLN	NL	117	367	34	104	19	0	2	38	0	27	50	.283	.255 (+11%)	.320 (+4%)	.399 (-12%)	.719 (-5%)	-237.8
2012	SLN	NL	107	272	37	75	14	4	1	28	1	27	50	.276	.254 (+8%)	.318 (+6%)	.405 (-9%)	.724 (-2%)	-79.6
2013	LAN	NL	125	319	31	84	16	0	2	30	2	28	54	.263	.253 (+4%)	.317 (+5%)	.396 (-16%)	.714 (-7%)	-249.5
2014	CIN	NL	83	247	22	58	12	0	2	22	2	18	50	.235	.251 (-7%)	.313 (-8%)	.386 (-20%)	.700 (-15%)	-565.1
2015	CIN	NL	131	244	23	59	20	0	1	21	2	23	51	.242	.254 (-5%)	.316 (-3%)	.404 (-17%)	.721 (-11%)	-408.5
Career · 11 seasons			1,149	3,252	416	905	169	13	28	284	26	280	476	.278	—	—	—	—	-1,621

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Skip Schumaker — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	1	5	3	4.50	0.0

Career ERA 4.50 vs. league average 3.85 across their career seasons — 16.9% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Skip Schumaker — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2011	SLN	NL	1	1.0	1	2	1	2	18.00	—	0.0
2013	LAN	NL	2	2.0	3	0	3	1	0.00	—	0.0
2014	CIN	NL	1	1.0	0	0	1	0	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 3 seasons			4	4.0	4	2	5	3	4.50	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Skip Schumaker — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
30	55	3	13	3	0	0	8	3	10	.236

Playoff Batting by Year

Skip Schumaker — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2013	NLCS	LAN	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
2013	NLDS2	LAN	4	13	0	3	0	2	2	2	.231
2012	NLCS	SLN	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
2012	NLDS1	SLN	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000
2011	NLDS1	SLN	5	10	1	6	2	3	0	0	.600
2011	WS	SLN	6	11	1	2	0	1	0	3	.182
2009	NLDS1	SLN	2	6	1	2	1	1	1	0	.333

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Skip Schumaker — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	574	1571	207	437	13	134	.278
Away	575	1681	209	468	15	150	.278

Pitching — Home / Away

Skip Schumaker — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	4	4.0	4	2	5	3	4.50

Last 10 Games — Batting

Skip Schumaker — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO
2015-10-04	CIN	PIT	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2015-10-03	CIN	PIT	W	1	0	0	0	0	1
2015-10-02	CIN	PIT	L	1	0	0	0	0	1
2015-09-29	CIN	CHC	L	3	0	0	0	0	0
2015-09-28	CIN	WAS	L	4	0	1	0	1	0
2015-09-27	CIN	NYN	L	4	1	3	2	0	0
2015-09-26	CIN	NYN	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2015-09-25	CIN	NYN	L	1	0	1	0	0	0
2015-09-24	CIN	NYN	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2015-09-23	CIN	STL	L	4	1	1	0	0	0

Last 4 Games — Pitching

Skip Schumaker — Last 4 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2014-08-21	CIN	ATL	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2013-06-28	LAD	PHI	—	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0
2013-04-29	LAD	COL	—	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0
2011-08-23	STL	LAD	—	1.0	1	2	2	1	2	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Skip Schumaker — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	487	435	753	1237	44	274
OF	561	307	710	24	14	7
P	4	0	0	0	0	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Skip Schumaker — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2005	SLN	OF	21	1	13	0	0	0
2006	SLN	OF	25	10	27	0	0	0
2007	SLN	OF	57	27	64	1	2	0
2008	SLN	OF	151	120	285	10	3	3
2009	SLN	2B	133	124	188	347	9	80
2009	SLN	OF	54	4	29	0	1	0
2010	SLN	2B	123	118	210	359	16	76
2010	SLN	OF	17	3	18	4	0	1
2011	SLN	2B	95	89	139	251	7	47
2011	SLN	OF	40	5	22	1	1	0
2011	SLN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2012	SLN	2B	61	51	101	143	4	35
2012	SLN	OF	24	17	36	1	0	0
2013	LAN	2B	44	34	85	79	5	25
2013	LAN	OF	74	39	80	1	2	1
2013	LAN	P	2	0	0	0	0	0
2014	CIN	2B	19	15	28	39	3	7
2014	CIN	OF	52	46	71	3	1	1
2014	CIN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2015	CIN	2B	12	4	2	19	0	4
2015	CIN	OF	46	35	65	3	4	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Skip Schumaker Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	4
Second Base	487
Left Field	264
Center Field	169
Right Field	174
Designated Hitter	4

Salary History

Skip Schumaker — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2015	CIN	NL	$2,500,000
2014	CIN	NL	$2,000,000
2013	LAN	NL	$1,500,000
2012	SLN	NL	$1,500,000
2011	SLN	NL	$2,750,000
2010	SLN	NL	$2,000,000
2009	SLN	NL	$430,000
2008	SLN	NL	$396,000
2007	SLN	NL	$382,000
2006	SLN	NL	$329,000
Total Career Earnings			$13,787,000

College History

Skip Schumaker — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles	CA	1999
University of California - Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara	CA	2000, 2001

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Skip Schumaker: the record in brief

June 8, 2005 and October 4, 2015 bracket Skip Schumaker's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. By club, Schumaker's seasons break down as the St. Louis Cardinals (2005 through 2012), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2013), and the Cincinnati Reds (2014 to 2015). At 5-foot-10 and 185 pounds, Schumaker is listed as an outfielder. Schumaker hit left-handed while throwing right-handed, per the bio block. The recorded birth is February 3, 1980, in Torrance, CA, USA. Schumaker's full given name, per the bio, is Jared Michael Schumaker.

Across 1,149 games at the plate, Schumaker's career line reads 905 hits in 3,252 at bats for a .278 average; the totals also include 28 home runs, 284 runs batted in, and 26 stolen bases. The on-base percentage is .337 and the slugging percentage .364, for an OPS of .701. The league as a whole hit .259 across Schumaker's seasons, which puts the .278 career mark 7.2% above average. Schumaker collected a career-high 163 hits in 2008.

Frequently Asked Questions about Skip Schumaker

What years did Skip Schumaker play?: Skip Schumaker played in Major League Baseball from 2005 to 2015.
Was Skip Schumaker a pitcher?: No. Skip Schumaker was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 4 career games.
How many home runs did Skip Schumaker hit?: Skip Schumaker hit 28 career home runs with 905 hits.
What was Skip Schumaker's career batting average?: Skip Schumaker batted .278 over his career, with 905 hits in 3,252 at bats.
How many RBI did Skip Schumaker have?: Skip Schumaker drove in 284 runs in his career.
What was Skip Schumaker's career ERA?: Skip Schumaker finished with a 4.50 career ERA, going 0-0 with 3 strikeouts.